Unit 10; The Natural World: Sketchbook Development #5

5/10/16
 

The final 4 leaves of the primary sketchbook were completed today:
 

A-the first two pages are exploratory developments, that were taken from primary research, that was obtained at Wigfield farm. The pieces developed were exploring concepts of texture at a macroscopically zoomed level. In order to create both the pages, I took texture that were the closest in both colour and feel to the originals, and presented the texture sources in an abstract manner.  One of the very best elements, across these two pages is how close in hair consistency, the black faux fur sample on the left hand side of the right page eyes. From completing these pages, I have discovered that texture is often so much easier to capture in your own work, when one uses a material source that is a close as possible to the original. using  these materials has given these pieces, a much more authentic feel.

B/C/D-the next four pages cover pieces that explore visual sources from several perspectives. Both near and far. The pieces were made an exploration of the aquatic side of the living organisms, found within the natural world. These pieces were made, by drawing from images collected. These pieces were completed using just a hard pencil, ink pen, water, collaged tissue paper, ink, brown paper and colour pencil on the right hand side.  For the piece on the right hand side, I used tissue paper because I was intending on best replicating the mergence of hues of blue, green and white, that are found within tropical aquatic waters. Out of all four pages, I feel that piece with the tissue paper on, was the most successful. The less successful pages could be improved by either adding or taking away certain elements.